jibro
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Post by jibro on May 8, 2021 8:58:04 GMT -5
I have some new information about Red Dwarf, it had 8 flowers in April but all without pistil, so no fruits this season I have colected some pollen from Red Dwarf and I tried to pollinate Fast flowering trifoliate, but all of its flowers dropped later... Red Dwarf flowers are once again without white flower petals...
There was two unusal flowers on new fresh small branches, I did not see this before on my others poncirus tree's... Fast flowering trifoliate had finally more flowers this year but I am still waiting now more than 7 years for first fruits...
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Post by ilya11 on May 9, 2021 13:42:36 GMT -5
This year there was a very early (middle of March) flowering of this Tiny flower variety. We had several severe frosts later on, most fruits were destroyed,
but several dozens start to grow now
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jibro
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Post by jibro on Apr 25, 2022 9:45:05 GMT -5
Red Dwarf has for the first time some flowers with 4 white petals, but most of the flowers are still without petals and incomplete, there is only one complete flower...There was also one incomplete flower on grafted Red Dwarf on trifoliate rootstock, this grafted plant is growing much better than the original Red Dwarf seedling.
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jibro
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Post by jibro on May 16, 2023 10:26:48 GMT -5
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Post by ilya11 on May 25, 2023 3:36:49 GMT -5
Jibro, Are the fruits of you plant smooth in appearance?
My small flower FD is bearing many fruitlets this season, they lack hairy skin typical of poncirus.
For comparison I hold a branch of PoncirusPlus
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jibro
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Post by jibro on May 25, 2023 9:21:13 GMT -5
Red Dwarf fruitlets has hairy skin as trifoliate. It's interesting that fruits on your FD have smooth skin, hopefully they will have improved pulp inside as well
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Post by jibro on Dec 30, 2023 3:46:46 GMT -5
Red Dwarf finally has its first fruit this season, 1 fruit on the original seedling and 1 on a grafted plant on poncirus. Red Dwarf flowered like my other poncirus plants in mid May but was still not fully ripe in November 8, my other poncirus plants had fully ripe fruits by the end of October. Second fruit on the grafted Red Dwarf is small and still not fully colored at the end of the December, the grafted plant and original Red Dwarf seedling were brought into unheated greenhouse in late October from outside.
The taste of Red Dwarf fruit harvested in late November and stored in cold storage until December 27 was a slightly sweet, the least sour of the 4 varieties pictured bellow, with no unpleasant aftertaste, but unfortunately the sticky oils were noticeable on the teeth and fingers. The fruit weighed 25,4 g and measured 3,8 x 3,7 cm.
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Post by jibro on Jan 24, 2024 10:03:59 GMT -5
Today I finally harvested second fruit of Red Dwarf that was still holding on grafted tree inside unheated greenhouse after more than 14 days of continuous frost. It's the smallest poncirus fruit I've ever found, it only weighed 6.8g, yet somehow managed to fit inside 16 fully developed seeds + 2 small I'll test them to determine if seedlings of Red Dwarf will also flower in three years....
Ilya did your Tiny Flying Dragon had ripen fruits with smooth rind this year?
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